Lawrence Hall, HSG
mhall46184@aol.com

                     Will the Plowed Boys Find Love in the End?

Romantic robots could bring peace to our streets -
The Plowed Boys would have something to ******
Other than their idle trifles and bang-bang rifles
For in the end they would have dates after all

And will they wear

Their he-man soldier suits and bug-eyed shades
Their he-man soldier toys dangling from carabiners
Their radios and whistles and lip-dangling ciggies

while in bed?

Lawrence Hall
Mhall46184@aol.com  
https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

                        No Revolution Today, Thank You

Sure, I miss standing in formation at dawn
The quick inspection and loud verbal abuse
Rushing through a steel-tray breakfast in rows
And marching to the rifle range in rows

Sure, I miss formation in the dawn of life
Slinging a rifle over my skinny shoulder
Thrilling to “BATTALION! PASS IN REVIEW!
RIGHT SHOULDER ARMS, AND PASS IN REVIEW!”
As did my fathers back to the Civil War

But that was what I did, not who I was -
I took an oath to the Constitution

And not to some fat slob who needs a shave